Where does “enfaldigheit” come from?
enfaldigheit (Old Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
enfaldigheit (Old Dutch): sincerity, honesty
Ancestry of “enfaldigheit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |